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Fine Russian Neoclassic Secretary Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
glass bookcase, roll top desk enclosing a fiutted interior above three long drawers.
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19th Century Russian Neoclassical Used Roll Top Desks
Antique Renaissance Revival Walnut
Burl Roll Top Paneled Executive Desk C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Renaissance Revival Walnut & Burl Roll Top Paneled Executive Desk C1890
Measures - 62.5"H x 60"W x 32.5"D
Category
19th Century Renaissance Revival Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Black Lacquer Brass Faux Bamboo Base Campaign Secretary Roll Top Style Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome Campaign style desk! Featuring low roll tops or tambour doors on each side of the desk top
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Wood
Roll Top Bureau or Desk by John Mortensen for Brdr. Andersen, Cabinetmakers
By John Mortensen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Roll top bureau or desk by John Mortensen for Brdr. Andersen, cabinetmakers.
Solid teak and
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Leather, Teak
Vintage Italian Regency Burlwood Laminate Saber Leg Tall Secretary Desk Display
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Details: Tall shapely cabriole/saber legs, broken arch top with finial, roll top desk, burl wood laminate
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Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Glass, Laminate
Andreas Hansen for Hadsten Teak Roll-Top Secretary Desk, Circa 1970
s
By Hadsten Traeindustri, Andreas Hansen
Located in Norwalk, CT
roll top comes up to reveal the desk within, where a leather lined surface can be pulled out and work
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Teak
19th Century Louis Philippe Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Secretary Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Louis Philippe period French bureau à cylindre, or roll top secretaire with bookcase
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Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid Century Modern Danish Style Teak Roll Top Cylinder Desk Bureau 1968
Located in Portland, OR
A good Mid Century Modern roll top cylinder desk bureau, circa 1968.
The desk with a locking roll
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Teak
George Nelson for Herman Miller Action Office I Tambour Roll Top Office Desk
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Beautifully patinated wooden top that rolls back to expose large storage compartment and laminated desk area
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Metal
20th Century Inlaid Wood French Napoleon III Style Roll-Top Bureau Desk, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
of great pleasure. Roll-top bureau equipped with 6 external drawers plus 3 internal drawers and pull
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Brutalist Style Half Cylinder Oak Roll Top Marble Writing Desk 53"
Located in Dayton, OH
A quaint mid century Brutalist style office desk. Features a dark oak finish and half cylinder
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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Marble
Danish Mid-Century Rosewood Roll Top Dresser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern Danish rosewood roll top dresser with sculpted handles. Four drawers, top opens
Category
1960s Danish Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass
Quality 19th Century Military Campaign Camphor Wood Roll Top Writing Slope
Located in Benington, Herts
Quality 19th century military campaign camphor wood roll top writing slope
This extremely good
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Mid-19th Century Asian Chinese Export Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass
1930s Carl Aubock Vienna Large Modernist Cigarette Storage Box with Roll Top
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare and early storage box, made of wood and nickel-plated brass, designed and executed in the 1930s by Carl Aubock. Large model with two compartments, in very good condition.
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20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Danish Retro Teak Roll Top Bureau Vintage, 1960s
Located in London, GB
A beautifully made Teak writing bureau, this was made in Denmark and dates from the 1960s. The condition is excellent for its age, with only some extremely minor wear here and there,...
Category
1960s Danish Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Teak
Antique Period George III Tambour Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique George III period roll top writing desk in solid wood. This was made in England
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Late 18th Century English George III Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Wood
Danish Modern Rolltop Secretary
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This uniquely sized Danish Cylinder Roll Top Desk provides a beautiful workspace for any room. With
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1960s Danish Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Teak
Unusual Bronze Desk/ Piano Lamp, circa 1910
Located in Petaluma, CA
for a secretary, flat top, or roll top desk and for your upright piano. Also can be used over a
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1910s American Edwardian Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Bronze
Tambour Wood Sconce
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
leather straps and have the look of a roll top desk. There is an amazing patina that just can't be
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Wood
$575 / item
Whimsical Austrian Bronze Figural Piano Lamp with Frog and Harp
Located in Petaluma, CA
used for a piano,top shelf of a roll top desk or secretary,or on the top of a bookcase.Really a very
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Ebonized Tambour Lamp
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
leather straps and have the look of a roll top desk. We took sections and created these unique lamps that
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Hardwood
$900 / item
Rustic Tambour Lamps
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
leather straps and have the look of a roll top desk. There is an amazing patina that just can't be
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Used Roll Top Desks
$1,200 / item
Antique French Regency Louis XV Bureau De Pente Ladies Writing Desk
By Vernis Martin
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Regency Louis XV style bureau de pente roll top ladies writing desk
In
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1920s French Louis XV Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass
Unique French Wooden Tambour Room Divider
By SNSA
Located in Peekskill, NY
the feel of an old roll top desk and looks to be 1920s. It's also a bit Arts and Crafts. That's
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Used Roll Top Desks
1880s Danish White Wooden Roll-Top Writing Desk
Located in High Point, NC
A roll-top writing desk from Denmark, circa 1880. The exterior is painted a fresh white; the front
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Country Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass
1880s Danish White Wooden Roll-Top Writing Desk
Located in High Point, NC
A roll-top writing desk from Denmark, circa 1880. The exterior is painted a fresh white; the
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Late 19th Century Danish Country Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass
1880s Danish White Wooden Roll-Top Writing Desk
Located in High Point, NC
A roll-top writing desk from Denmark, circa 1880. The exterior is painted a fresh white; the front
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Country Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass
Fantastic George Nelson Office Suite Desk and Return
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Fantastic desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller. This unique roll-top writing desk is from the
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Rosewood Rolltop Desk, Storage Cabinet by Gianfranco Frattini 1960s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in London, GB
; if the desk plate is pulled out, the roll-top opens simultaneously. This desk cabinet has a lot of
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Leather, Glass, Rosewood
18th Century Louis XVI Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Belmont, MA
Rolltop writing desk with nine interior drawers, the exterior with two drawers, raised on cabriole
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Desk by G.Nelson for Herman MIller with original perch
Located in Danville, CA
Roll Top Tambour Desk with 3 Drawers by G.Nelson for Herman Miller with original Chrome/Aluminium
Category
20th Century American Used Roll Top Desks
Swedish Art Moderne Elm Roll-Top Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gorgeous roll-top writing desk in golden elm with inset parquetry and crotch mahogany panels. Top
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Elm
Antique Victorian Eastlake Aesthetic Maple Cylinder Roll Top Secretary Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Aesthetic period cylinder roll top secretary writing desk. Made of maplewood
Category
Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Leather, Maple
Gianfranco Frattini Desk with Roll Top - circa 1962 for Bernini, Italy
By Bernini, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Munster, NRW
Vintage writing desk by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy.
This roll top design opens by
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Wood
Space Age "Telstar" Telephone
By AT&T
Located in Hanover, MA
Smoked translucent acrylic cylindrical roll-top cased executive desk phone with retractable cord
Category
1970s American Space Age Used Roll Top Desks
Vintage Cast Steel Dugdills Patent Piano Lamp with Brass Clam Shade
By Dugdills
Located in Nottingham, GB
believe this particular lamp was designed for use on Roll Top Desks and Pianos and would of been available
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1930s British Industrial Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Midcentury Danish Rosewood Roll-Top Secretary Desk in the Style of Omann Junior
By Omann Jun Møbelfabrik
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modern roll-top secretary desk is Danish design. It's crafted from rosewood and is
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Expertly Restored - Vintage Mid-Century Walnut Tambour-Door Credenza
Located in Los Angeles, CA
back to the 18th century and were originally used in roll-top desks to conceal documents. The flexible
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Walnut
Anglo - Chinese Secretaire
Located in Bronx, NY
quarter 19th century and later,modeled as a two-door bookcase above a roll-top drawers-front desk fitted
Category
19th Century English Used Roll Top Desks
Carteggio Wood Drawer Cabinet by Aldo Rossi for Molteni Italy, 1987
By Aldo Rossi, Molteni
C
Located in Renens, CH
Molteni in 1987.
The cabinet is composed of a roll top hiding a writing desk that can be pulled out as
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Macey Furniture 3 Stack Lawyer
s Bookcase, c.1910
By Macey Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
popular magazine as “the best $25 roll-top office desk in the world.”
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Metal
Antique Macey Furniture 6 Stack Lawyer
s Bookcase C.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
manufacturers, which were advertised in popular magazine as “the best $25 roll-top office desk in the world.”
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Six Stack Lawyer/Barrister
s Bookcase, circa 1910
By Globe Wernicke, Macey Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
manufacturers, which were advertised in popular magazine as “the best $25 roll-top office desk in the world
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Metal
Walnut Roll Top Desk
Located in Rochester, NY
American black walnut double pedestal raised panel roll top desk in good restored condition. Fitted
Category
19th Century American Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$3,250
Antique Roll Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
19th century British Colony Roll Top Desk. British Colony roll top desk having a roll top upper
Category
1890s Indian Anglo-Indian Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Elm
$2,400
English Sheraton Roll Top Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
An English Sheraton mahogany, tambour or roll top desk, fitted with compartments and slide-out
Category
19th Century British Sheraton Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George Nelson Roll-Top Desk
By George Nelson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Lockable roll top desk with 4 pullout / pull-out
Category
1960s American Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Exceptional Oversized S-Type Oak Roll Top Desk
By Derby Desk Company
Located in Petaluma, CA
finest makers of roll top desks at the turn of the century. Just to top it off, we are throwing in a
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Danish Modern Sculptural Teak Roll-Top Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Danish Modern sculptural teak roll-top desk
Offered for sale is a Mid-century Danish
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Teak
American Mission Oak Roll Top Desk and Matching Chair
Located in Queens, NY
American Mission style oak child's roll top desk with 2 drawers on right side with matching swivel
Category
Early 20th Century American Mission Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Roll Top Desk by Hooker
By Mainline by Hooker
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare roll top desk by Hooker Furniture from their "Mainline Collection". Features include
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Derby School Paneled Oak S-Curve Roll Top Desk circa, 1910
By Derby Desk Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique roll top desk in the manner of Derby offers oak construction with s-curve top opening to
Category
Early 20th Century American Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Walnut Roll Top Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th century walnut roll top desk, the molded edge top with decorative carved beading
Category
1910s English Edwardian Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century American Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Solid oak roll top desk with an S-shaped working tambor retaining its original rich looking dark
Category
Early 1900s American Late Victorian Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Oak
Derby School Paneled Oak Roll Top Desk with Full Interior, Circa 1900
Located in Savannah, GA
Derby School Paneled Oak Roll Top Desk with Full Interior, Circa 1900. Roll top desk has paneled
Category
Early 1900s American Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Oak
Midcentury Scandinavian Teak Roll Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage roll top desk offers a stylish collapsible workspace with plenty of added room for
Category
Late 20th Century Scandinavian Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Teak
19th Century Rosewood Large Roll Top Desk with Cabinet
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Grand roll top desk crafted in England from rosewood in original condition. Luxurious and singular
Category
1880s English British Colonial Used Roll Top Desks
Materials
Rosewood
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Used Roll Top Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of used roll top desks for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique used roll top desks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. Used roll top desks have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Used roll top desks bearing Mid-Century Modern or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Edward Wormley, George Nelson and Herman Miller each produced beautiful used roll top desks that are worth considering.
How Much are Used Roll Top Desks?
Prices for used roll top desks start at $20 and top out at $135,000 with the average selling for $3,810.
Questions About Used Roll Top Desks
- What is a roll top desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A roll top desk is a piece of furniture that has a wooden cover that can be pulled down when the desk is not in use. Shop a collection of roll top furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Roll-top desks are originally from the late 18th century in the Georgian era of England. By the middle of the Victorian era, they were found in most offices and produced on a large scale. Shop a range of antique roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
- What is a roll top desk called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Sometimes, roll-top desks are called tambours, sliding roll desks or roll-up desks. However, roll-top is the most commonly used name. The style of desk became popular during the 19th century. You can find a range of roll-top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A roll top desk kept small essentials and paperwork organized. The roll top design was ideal for business people to secure their desks at the end of the day without filing away their work. Browse a variety of roll top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A roll top desk can be worth anywhere between $3,000 to $6,000, depending on the condition, materials used and time of manufacturing. Roll top desks are expensive, as they are very popular on the antique furniture market and are considered timeless collectibles. Shop a range of antique and vintage roll top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
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